Next up in residency at The Library of Birmingham as part of Capsule’s Discovery Season is arts organisation Craftspace, along with lead-artist Jivan Astfalck, Shelanu: Women’s Craft Collective and MA students from the School of Jewellery. Visitors will be invited to take a moment of reflection in the busy environment to write their experience of coming to, or being in, … [Read more…]
After what has felt like a quiet few months (and extended January blues) it seems that the fun of a festival season is once again upon us what with Art SOAK, Theatre Fever, Flatpack and the University of Birmingham’s Arts and Science festival taking place in Birmingham over the next few weeks. “Running Monday … [Read more…]
Last call out for the ‘Arts & Culture Summit 2012‘ over at the University of Birmingham. This gathering, with lectures and discussions, seeks to “re-position the cultural offer of Birmingham – locally, nationally and internationally, in order that it makes the maximum impact on economic growth in the city.” While at first that statement seems to … [Read more…]
The Big Give Christmas Challenge kicked off this morning (after a false start yesterday when their servers crashed). It’s a big fundraising drive, with the bonus that donations are matched by a combination of Big Givers, so any money you give is doubled. If you’re after something local: This link will take you to a list of … [Read more…]
The programme for Artsfest 2011 is now online (in addition to the PDF brochure that came out a few days back). As ever, there’s an unfeasibly huge amount happening. I’ve not had time to have a proper browse, but here’s what I’ve spotted after a swift glance through the listings: 2 for 1 entry to … [Read more…]
Today, every so often, I’m going to grab a smattering of tweets and pull them into the timeline below. If you refresh this page every so often you’ll see what’s been added. Or you can see it on the Storify site. [View the story “Birmingham arts & culture tweets, 2 June 2011” on Storify] There’s … [Read more…]
Young Professionals on Arts Boards are now recruiting for a fresh set of 8 Midlands based business brains for 2010/11. This programme, an extension of our Board Bank initiative, is a bold and unique programme aimed at the UK’s brightest corporate prodigies. Our goal is to detect the best up-and-coming talents that British business has … [Read more…]
So the programme for this year’s Artsfest is now up online, complete with a nice little selection of search options so you can filter through the events that you’re interested in. The festival runs this weekend, from Fri – Sun, and is the biggest free arts and culture festival in the UK, with around 600 … [Read more…]